Report: Execs Prefer Third-Party Firms for Mobile Development

A new report from Kony Inc. sheds light on the complicated internal politics surrounding enterprise mobile development. The survey found 87 percent of executives would rather work with external, third-party firms to build their apps, while only 19 percent prefer relying solely on their internal IT resources to create and maintain apps. Other key findings included the following:

Top reasons for not using internal mobile development staff included a lack of skilled staff (42 percent), limited IT budget (40 percent), and security vulnerabilities (37 percent).

96 percent of those who used external mobile development firms experienced problems.

Top problems with external mobile development include higher than expected development costs (43 percent), higher than expected maintenance costs (41 percent) and lack of customization options (39 percent).

82 percent of respondents said their firms have abandoned an enterprise mobile app.

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